Mounting for spectacles.



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YThe resent-invention relates to I'nonnt` ,ingsm'forspectacles of the type in whieh'fthe nose ofthe wearer isV engaged 1n `such a' 15 mannerthat theentire Weight of the mounting'gis notjborne by that portion of the n'ose V"betvreenjthe'.eyes', an object of the invention vbeing to' `prot-'ide' rests so located that they bear* uonthe'bny part of the 'noseI and n'n'ec` ted ftd-...the mounting in` such a Lhat#tlie'y'inay be faced to conform t andv o'thernends theinyfention 25 consists v1'n` ertaln improvements-and*com' morev f llyfjdesc 11e novel features be claims' at the end of iawings Figaro 1 is a' front View ritmgeonstructed 1n'A accordance v35 4 is" a fritiyiew of anotherembodiment of thei'nvention; Fig.vv 5 is a top viewof the latter embodiment, and Fig. 6 is a central verti'calfscction thereof. 'l 'f f n Referringmore particularly to the drawv so in gs l indicates the lenses having secured l"totheirf-oi'iter edges the 'temples 2 and connected by a mounting, `preferably in the Y. Y form ofwhat is usually termed a saddle i bridge comprising :marched or bridging 45 portionfinclined to the plane of the lenses and shaped asto conform to and rest di- ;1 -rectly upon 4thenose of the wearer throughout its 'length, its extremities 4 merging into theinner arms of'forwardly opening andf 5 9 substantially horizontally arranged loops or u pliable portions 5. outer arms of said oops are 'connected at their forvvard'endsV to the lens attaching devices G which this instance are each, in vthe form of a. pair ot 55 lens' ears connected by an edge bearing p0rtioni'- l Beit known that L 'LEo-F. An'r, of Al-` the bridging. portion, fandzgatitlie these nose rests '-si th ""r'i'a'rd' andthe upward taper. of

' i tirely belowthebri `neetedto the moux'itin'g'gil lportions' or on vthe*inner/"sid binatio'sfof `mrtsallas -will behereinafter-` ofytlie latter l` preferabl vthese points the *lensesfnflav kor rearward and inward l r fout interferingA with thlet'posi resentginyention; Fig. 2 is atop` 'viewofthesame inonnting; Fig. 3 is a een` :"tral vertical'sectio'n of .the mounting; l*`ig.

the embodiment ysh'o'WIYiI l UNrrn-D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

(MoUNTING Fon si?Ec'racnns.

i* `spi,rimangaofI, :tersragentf v, Patented Febi'20,1r9i12. 5 Application mea .april 29, 1910. seriaLNo. 558,453.

' is '-rvrellfl'known qthatfehe Ausual saddle" bridge of Aspectacles producesia-fsorenes's -of'l the nose, this being duetothefact that4 the' bridging portion in `order to'be inconspicu- 60 ous is-xnade of thin stock and 'engages .the nose at a tender point. To overcome this obj'ection I have provided rests orspports which coperate with the ebony" Vportion of the nose below thetender portionbetween 6,5

4the eyes.v These rests orsupportsare so* connected to the mountin that-the'adjustif. ment of lthe -latter for. itferent' kplipilary distances by bending thepliable loopsfjdoes not interferewith theposltionfofithe rests or' 70 supports" with reference itc, eachother or to invention shown F1 Il t. g@

nose rests', 'and theflatt'er'maygby nib e p'ort-ions z 9,lbe shifted Ato conform'rwlthi-jth forward `and the upwardV taper ofthe nose;

` In the embodimentshown in Figs.`4,` 5 57;" and .6 -thc bridgingportion -351 the-'l'pliabley y loops 5A andthe lens attacliin *ld substantially the Asame vparts pad 8a has a slightly diiferentshapefbntits? mode of operation is the 'sameiowing t6 the provision of reduced portion* 9"`." Cl'lnbined with the lower rest is an upperpadlor nose rest 10 which is connectedjtothe onntinglo by reduced pliablefportioli'sffill'?` a'f'point directly above the pad 821;- -Iti "apparent f that this padcoperates withrltli'at-portion of thc nose between thevieyes'v andfmay be adjusted irldependently of Vthelowerpid ltloff- Ll'o'M i n t e u.

conform to. the facial c liaracteiist' wearer. f c In using 'the spectacles-fthe"optician :idjusts the pliable loops 5 t0 1obt-aiI-i'' t-'fhe proper .l pupilary distance and, tl1e prope1'-i1 1 set or 110 outset to the lenses, the pads `3 previously o r now being adjustedto COnOrmtQthetaPers of., the nose of the wearerand to take the greater ortion of the weight of the mounting so t at the bridging portion merely lies in4 loose contact with the nose. The nose rests may be formed in one piece with the mounting or may be formed separately and soldered or otherwise joined thereto. The rest adjustment, once having been obtained, is fixed and the nose is engaged throughout a large surface so that the pressure of the spectacles is distributed and soreness te the nose obviated.

I claim as my invention:

1. A mounting for spectacles comprising a rigid bridge conforming to and arranged to rest directly upon the nose of the wearer, lens attaching devices, a pliable portion conneeting the lens attaching devices with the bridging portion, and nose rests arranged in fixed spaced relation having a wide portion arranged entirely below and directly beneath the horizontal plane ot the extremities of the bridging portion, and liavng a' reduced pliable portion connected to the mounting between thc liable. portions so that the lens Aattaching ceviccs are movable relatively to each other without aifeeting the relative positions of the nose rests.

2.. moiinting for spectacles comprising a rigid bridge conforming to and arranged to rest directly upon the nose of the wearer,

' lens attaching devices, pliable loops conneeting the lens attaching devices and the ends ofthe bridging portion, and rests arranged in fixed spaced relation having wide portions arranged entirely below the ends of the bridging portion and pliable reduced portions extending from the upper )ortions of the Wide portions and connecte to the mounting on the inner sides of the pliable loops.

3. A mounting for spectacles coinprisin a rigid bridge conforming to and arrange to rest directly upon the nose of a wearer, lens attaching devices, forwardly o ening pliable loops each connecting one of tiie lens attaching devices to one of the extremities of the bridging portion in a horizontal plane with such extremities, and rests arran ed in fixed spaced relation having Widene portions and pliable reduced portions connected to the mounting in advance of and on the inner sides of the bends of the loops.

4. A n'iountipg for spectacles comprising a rigid bridge conforming to and arrange to rest directly on the nose of 4the wearer,

lens attaching devices, horizontally arran dv loops having their inner arms connecte to 'the bridging portions in a horizontal plane attaching devices and to the extremities ofthe bridging portion in a horizontal plane with the ends of the latter, and rests arranged in pairs in fixed spaced relation at each end of the bridging portion, 'one meinber of each being arranged above the loops andthe otlier inember being arranged below the loops and each rest having a wide bearing portion and an individua reduced portion connecting vwith the mounting on the inner sides of the bends of the loops.

(i. In a spectacle, the combination with lenses, tei'nples connected thereto and a rigid bridge between the lenses, of pliable loops arranged between and respectively connecting an end of the bridge with each lens and a nose rest connected to the inner -arin of each loop and having an enlarged portion lying substantially directly beneath the adjacent end of the bridge, said rests having a tixed spaced relation.

LEO F. ADT.

Witnesses:

EnwAiin MURPHY, 2d, Jas. B. EGAN. 

